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kclive18

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From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Registered: 2008-05-08

Posts: 219

In huge trouble here... [SOLVED!!!]

For some reason, after I installed pythophotopod from the .tar.gz file from the pythophotopod website (not the AUR) and rebooted, my laptop is unable to start the bash shell, saying that it doesn't have the permission to do so.  I tried using the fallback kernel, and this didn't help one bit.  After I get a bunch of these repeating permission denied messages, I get a message saying that there are no more processes left in the runlevel.  Something must have gone terribly wrong here...reinstalling Arch clean will be my last resort.  Thanks

Last edited by kclive18 (2008-08-05 22:28:21)

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- Mid-2007 iMac 20", Intel 2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2x1GB DDR2-800, 250GB SATA HDD, and...MIGHTY MOUSE!!! , OSX 10.5 Leopard, ATI Radeon 2400XT 128MB
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cschep

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Registered: 2006-12-02

Posts: 125

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Re: In huge trouble here... [SOLVED!!!]

I don't have a ton of experience with this, but I'll try to get the ball rolling in the right direction.

Could you possibly boot off of the archlive (latest installer) cd, mount your main drive, and then delete the files that were installed?

Did the installation process change the permissions of any directories? If so, maybe you could boot the live cd and change them back?

Sorry, not "instant-fix" advice, but maybe on the right track?

good luck!

kclive18

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From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Registered: 2008-05-08

Posts: 219

Re: In huge trouble here... [SOLVED!!!]

Yeah, I could definitely try that later on today in my free time.  I was at a Radiohead concert yesterday evening so I didn't have time to fix the problem (yeah, a GREAT excuse...)

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My Rigs:
- Mid-2007 iMac 20", Intel 2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2x1GB DDR2-800, 250GB SATA HDD, and...MIGHTY MOUSE!!! , OSX 10.5 Leopard, ATI Radeon 2400XT 128MB
- HP zv6203cl, AMD Athlon 64 3200 S939, 2x512MB DDR400, 80GB 4200rpm HDD, ATI Radeon Xpress 200M 128MB, Arch i686
- 1986 Gibson SG Junior Cherry Red, Ibanez 15W amp, DigiTech RP250 modeling processor

kclive18

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From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Registered: 2008-05-08

Posts: 219

Re: In huge trouble here... [SOLVED!!!]

OK, I solved my problem.  It was an issue with /etc/fstab (I was trying to optimize JFS performance).  When I had my root partition's line like this:

UUID=77dd4d8b-8441-45ab-b32d-3914f33e1d5c / jfs rw,user,auto,noatime 0 1

I got the "permission denied" errors at startup.  So I just changed it back to defaults:

UUID=77dd4d8b-8441-45ab-b32d-3914f33e1d5c / jfs defaults,noatime 0 1

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.  Whoever first said that is a true genius

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My Rigs:
- Mid-2007 iMac 20", Intel 2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2x1GB DDR2-800, 250GB SATA HDD, and...MIGHTY MOUSE!!! , OSX 10.5 Leopard, ATI Radeon 2400XT 128MB
- HP zv6203cl, AMD Athlon 64 3200 S939, 2x512MB DDR400, 80GB 4200rpm HDD, ATI Radeon Xpress 200M 128MB, Arch i686
- 1986 Gibson SG Junior Cherry Red, Ibanez 15W amp, DigiTech RP250 modeling processor

cschep

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Registered: 2006-12-02

Posts: 125

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Re: In huge trouble here... [SOLVED!!!]

good to hear it!

also, radiohead is a good enough reason to not sit at a computer any day.